The Aeneid Timeline
31 BCE15 AD
30 BCE- Cleopatra and
Antony die;
the Ptolmeic
Dynasty ends
in Egypt...
The Aeneid follows the travels and adventures of Aeneas, a Trojan man by birth who wanders to Italy and eventually becomes the foundation
upon which Rome is built. Virgil wrote The Aeneid sometime between 29-19 BCE, but unfortunately died before he could complete the story.
Consequently, The Aeneid remains unfinished.
...Octavian
annexes Egypt,
putting the
entire Mediterranean under
Roman control.
29 BCE- Virgil
begins writing
The Aeneid.
RULERS:
27 BCE- Livy
begins writing
The History of
Rome, which
he works on 40
years...
...Octavian
is officially
awarded the
title Augustus.
23 BCE- The
first three
books of
Horace’s Odes
are published.
From 27 BCE to 14 AD, Octavian “Augustus” Caesar reigns as the first real emperor of Rome.
WARS AND BATTLES:
31 BCE- The
Battle of Actium;
Octavian defeats
Egyptian forces
20 BCE- Augustus begins
mapping
20,000 miles
of roads in
Rome...
...Vitruvius
publishes the
book that will
later become
known as The
Ten Books of
Architecture
19 BCE- Virgil
dies, before
finishing The
Aeneid.
14 BCEAugustus dies;
he is declared
a god after his
death.
Caesar’s reign continues. He brings about the “Pax Romana,” a Roman era of peace and prospertiy that lasts for about two centuries.
While there were a number of battles and skirmishes during Augustus’ reign, they were mosly to expand territory (Augustus almost doubled the size of Rome), and
overall Rome lived in a state of relative peace.
Tiberius’ reign begins.
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